A spatial analysis of hydro-climatic and vegetation condition trends in the Yellow River basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-458

  Tang, Qiuhong ^a,b   Oki, Taikan ^a   Kanae, Shinjiro ^a,c   Hu, Heping ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drying up; Human activity; Vegetation condition; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

DRYING UP; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAM-GAUGE DATA; VEGETATION CONDITION;

HYDROLOGY;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 38849161458     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6624     Document Type: Article

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